THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Pntjf Fifteen 



Otis Kercher, Farm 



Adviser, Vermilion 



County 



Livestock Men Form 



Co-op. In Vermilion 



THE Vermilion County Farm Bureau 

 recently organized a county-wide co- 

 operative livestock marketing association. 

 A constitution and 

 by-laws were adopted 

 and a committee was 

 appointed to incor- 

 porate with capital 

 stock of $25,000. 

 More than 30 mem- 

 bers signed the mar- 

 keting agreement at 

 the first meeting. 

 They agreed to ship 

 their I i v e s t o c k 

 through the associa- 

 tion for at least one 

 year. C onstruction of a stock yards at Dan- 

 ville at a cost of .ipproximatcly $10,000 is 

 contemplated. 



L. 1". Skertington of the I. A. A. livestock 

 marketing department who covers the south 

 half of Illinois is assisting Farm Adviser 

 Otis Kercher in getting the new organiza- 

 tion under way. The capital stock set-up 

 is similar to that being used by other co- 

 operatives organized in co-operation with 

 the Farm Bureau and Illinois Agricultural 

 Association. 



The association will market livestock of 

 non-members as well as members. larm 

 Bureau members will be favored with a dif- 

 ferential under the plan of organization. 



The incorporating committee was re- 

 ported as follows: .Mont Fo.\, Oakwood; 

 Ray Cunningham, Bismarck; ^'. J. Sandus- 

 ky, Indianola; A. J. Gundcr, Fairmount; 

 Charles Juvinall, Collison; H. H. Klayer, 

 l-airmount; G. H. Broadman, Rossville; 

 John T. Leemon, Hoopesron; J. L. ^^"hitc, 

 Georgetown; C. B. Crawford, Potomac, and 

 Karl Bass, Armstrong. 



Record Limestone Year 



THF year 19^9 was a record year for 

 the sale of agricultural limestone in 

 Illinois. Approximately 9 5 0,000 tons were 

 used according to estimates by J. R. Bent, 

 director of the Limestone-Phosphate depart- 

 ment. The previous high year was 192 5 

 when around 750,000 tons were spread. All 

 but three or four counties in Illinois pur- 

 chased limestone from the 22 I. A. A. con- 

 tract companies last year. Farm Bureau 

 members buy limestone 10 cents a ton 

 cheaper than non-members. The heavy sale 

 of agricultural limestone in Illinois is due 

 largely to the work of the county Farm 

 Bureaus co-operating 'with the University 

 of Illinois in advocating its use. 



The Pawnee Four will be on hand to pro- 

 vide entertainment throughout the coming 

 convention at Springfield. The Pawnee 

 bovs are perhaps the best known entertain- 

 ers among Farm Bureau folks in Illinois. 

 Not only have they sung at previous annual 



i. A. A. Trophy Awards Champs from McL.«*B 

 County. 



meetings of the I. A. A. but during the 



past three years they have .ippeared at many 

 annual county larfii Bureau meetings, also 

 at county and district picnics. Additional 

 cntertjinment will be provided by the 

 Springfield Chamber of Commerce and the 

 Sangamon County Farm Bureau. 



Resolutions 



The resolutions committee will meet ,u 

 the I. A. A. office to consider resolutions 

 on Thursday, Jan. 2}. Members are re- 

 quested to send their resolutions in .u >mcc. 

 The resolutions committee will be in ses- 

 sion at Springfield in Kooni 5iU in tiic 

 .Xbraham Lincoln hotel. 



Members of the committee are as tol 

 lows: A. R. Wright, R. F. Karr, Ciiarles 

 Black, M. G. Lambert, George J. Stoll, Chas. 

 Marshall, and >X'. L. Cope. 



Insurance 



Bf L. A. Williams 



COUNTRY Life had lio death claims in 

 September, October t>r November and 

 then in ten days m December had five 

 death claims. 



Country Life's largest #ay since the first 

 special was nearly half a million paid-for 

 business in the office on December .^1. Sec- 

 ond largest was December 30 with $260,000 

 paid business. 



Homer Hitchcock is «lhe first agent of 

 the Company to write a million of business 

 in one year. He is gcnerajl agent in Ni'inne- 

 bago County. ' 



.Marshall -Putnam County had more agents 

 writing life insurance thah any other coun- 

 ty in the state. Sam Crjabtree is the gen- 

 eral agent. j 



The campaign and all quotas have been 

 extended througli Januark' — 30 days more. 

 1 ct"s go over the top. 



Figures from L. A. Gkiver, our actuary, 

 show Country Life saved an acquisition cost 

 over tl>c average acquisitil)n cost of compa- 

 nies with less than $5 0,000,000, of $10 per 

 thousand on the first ye. ir alone. 



This acquisition cost plus the savings ef- 

 fected in rates to ptilicy-nolders is sufficient 

 to prove Country Life's right to ascendancy. 



Ihink this over! 



Farm Bureau members in Scott county 

 averaged a net yield of 174 per cent on 

 their $15 per member investment in the or- 

 ganization in 1929 according to Farm .Xd- 

 viser Alfred Tate. .Mr. Tate computed this 

 figure from actual cash gains and savings 

 from m.irketing, insurance, centralized pur- 

 ciiasiiig. and personal service. Savings were 

 computed at SI 3, 060. 4S. Farm Bureau dues 

 aggregated $4760.87. The net profit was 

 $8299.61 or 174 per cent. 



The marvel of the ye 

 of business sold, but the 

 tion and insurance edi 

 of agents who, schiKilei 

 iblc to do the efficient 

 on the balance sheets, 

 be held everv two mont 



ir IS not the total 

 spread of informa- 

 :ation. Hundreds 

 in one year, are 

 •>rk that is shown 

 More schools will 

 s in 1930. 



Credentials 



Mcmlurs of the credentials committee 

 ^ 111) p.iss an the eligibilitji' of delegates from 

 tile v.irious counties arel as follows: .\. N. 



(.,. iVxner, C;. J. 



SkiniKT. I red Diet/, I. 

 Cirnss, .ind Harold tl V 



riie committee on ccnstitution and bv 

 laws uKiudes I . I). Hart m, Samuel Sorrells 

 (i. I . l'ullo..k. ( . 1 . Biniborough, and .\ 

 R. W rmlit 



Annual Report 



The .Annual Report <*t the Illinois .\gri- 

 cultural .\sstK.iation and .\ssociated Com- 

 panies for 1929 will lui bound in a single 

 volume. It will apixar, with an attractive 

 two-color cover. C opu's will be available 

 for distribution at the Iklajc-stic Theatre on 

 Fhursday, Jan. 30, at 

 will not be given gem r 

 copies will be placed in 



oriice tor the use of thojic who do not come 

 to the convention. 



noon. The reports 

 ral circuiaiion but 

 everv Farm Bureau 



